Vendee Globe - 1330 - 8/12/00

Mark Chisnell reports as Ellen MacArthur feels the icy chill of her first iceberg up close and personal - and the crashing and burning begins for Desjoyeaux and Thiercelin

Friday December 8th 2000, Author: Mark Chisnell, Location: United Kingdom
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Please note that two different methods of calculating the Distance to Finish are being used, one by Virtual Spectator and one by the Vendee Globe Race Office, we will try to always make it clear which we are using!

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Rankings (0700 GMT except where stated, Friday 8/12, with Distances to Finish from Race Office)

1 Aquitaine Innovations (Parlier) 51S 22.3E 16617 nm
2 PRB (Desjoyeaux) 47.2S 20.3E +104 nm
3 SILL Matines La Potagère (Jourdain) (at 1100 GMT) 49.3S 20.6E +111 nm
4 Sodebo (Coville) (at 11:00 GMT) 48.3S 14E +383 nm
5 Kingfisher (MacArthur) 49.2S 12.3E +383 nm
6 Active Wear (Thiercelin) (at 11:00 GMT) 46S 14E +425 nm
7 Solidaires (Dubois) 49S 11.2E +442 nm
8 EBP EspritPME Gartmore (Hall) (at 06:00 GMT) 44.5S 8.4E +608 nm
9 Union Bancaire Privée (Wavre) 46.2S 8E +616 nm
10 Whirlpool (Chabaud) (at 10:00 GMT) 40.2S 11.4E +648 nm
11 Voila.fr (Gallay) 41.4 1.58E +959 nm
12 VM Matériaux (Carpentier) 40.23S 0.5E +1038 nm

Other British
19 Team Group 4 (Golding) (at 06:00 GMT) 29.3S 19.6W +2225 nm
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